SOLE COLLECTOR: Sneakers

You saw them in issue 23, the Nike Zoom LeBron Soldier II in Team Bank colorways are now availabe at eastbay.com just in time for basketball season.

If you had a chance to page through issue 23, then you noticed the piece on the Zoom Soldier II. If your like me you had to have a pair.

After falling to Greece in the Semifinals of the 2006 FIBA World Championships, the Americans were certainly ready for another run.

While Nike has plans to release several colorways of the Soldier II in TB, GR and House of Hoops versions -- here's a Friends & Family variation.

To celebrate Lebron's first time playing organized basketball at the age of 8, Nike will release a Kids exclusive Soldier II in his Summit Lake Hornets colors.